LCDLC Presents: Technology ToolboxGOOGLE SITES & Online Document Sharing

Document Collaborations have never been so easy!

Today lets talk about

• Uploading, creating and sharing documents

• Creating and sharing a website

• How groups can be used to transfer files and share resources

Google Tools for Collaborating!

What do I need to participate

• A Google Account or Gmail

For get printing handouts

• Let’s share them in Docs!• www.google.com/a/nort2h.org

Share my documents??

• Students collaborating on projects and activities

• Students and educators collaborating on assignments

• Students and parents collaborating on assignments

• Teachers collaborating on documents

Google Documentsupload, create and share

• Upload your documents, PowerPoints and spreadsheets– Share access with other Google members– Download as .pdf, .html or publish for all to see

• Create a new document, presentation or spreadsheet– Using Google Doc Templates

• Online participation in presentations• Offline with Google Gears

Printing documents is so 2007…

Don’t print it Share it!

Come join my PowerPoint!

I can join in!

Need a survey?

• Google Forms become Google Spreadsheets!

• Published forms become web pages!

You can embed a form into Google Sites, Wiki’s Blogs & more!

Sharing a Document not giving

Google Documents• Providing multiple users

editing access to your document.

• Multiple editors at the same time

• Access• In the Cloud• Collaborating• Auto save &

embedding

Network File Share• Providing multiple users

access to your files to open.

• Open or Read only. Document can only be opened by one editor

• Rights• On my network• Updating• Saving or saving as

Google Documents Offline

http://gears.google.com/Way Cool Apps!

Creating an interactive Website

Google Calendar

So much more than dates

Google Calendar Features

7 reasons to use Google Calendar

http://is.gd/4Tm3N

Using Google Groups